Best Bread Pudding Recipe (2024)

This is the best bread pudding recipe – a vanilla-infused custard is poured over day-old bread and baked to perfection! Learn how to make bread pudding that is moist & delicious. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream for a crowd-pleasing dessert!

Bread pudding is a nostalgic and cozy dessert. It’s so easy to make with 9 simple ingredients, but tastes absolutely gourmet!

This bread pudding recipe is truly the best. A rich, vanilla-infused custard is poured over day-old brioche bread (or bread of your choosing) and baked to perfection. Served warm with vanilla ice cream, you will wow family and friends with this delectable treat.

In this post you will learn how to make bread pudding at home that’s fully customizable. Add cinnamon, raisins, or mix-ins of your choosing to make it your own.

Bread Pudding: Ingredients & Substitutions

• Brioche bread. Use your favorite bread! I love brioche because it’s buttery and soft, but many other breads work great including cinnamon bread, french bread, etc. Be sure to use 12 oz of bread, or about 8 cups.
• Light brown sugar. If you like a stronger molasses taste, you can use dark brown sugar.
• Granulated sugar. Organic cane sugar is a great substitute for white sugar.
• Salted butter. unsalted butter works well.
• Whole milk/heavy cream. This recipe calls for 4 cups of liquid. I prefer using a 1 : 1 ratio of milk to cream, you can adjust that to your liking. I do not recommend using anything with a lower fat content than whole milk.

How to Make Bread Pudding

We’ll walk through this recipe step-by-step, and don’t forget to watch the video.

Begin by preheating your oven and greasing a 9×13” baking dish (preferably glass or ceramic). Then, arrange the torn bread pieces in the pan evenly.

Next, whisk the eggs together in a large bowl.

Then, whisk the brown sugar and granulated sugar into the eggs until it’s mostly dissolved.

Next, whisk in butter, milk, cream, vanilla and sea salt until combined.

If desired, at this point you can add mix-ins like cinnamon, raisins, etc. into the custard mixture.

Then, pour the custard mixture over the bread in the baking dish.

Gently press the bread down with a spatula until every piece is absorbing the liquid.

Then, bake the bread pudding, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes, until the top is set and springs back lightly when pressed.

Serve

Once it has finished baking, let the bread pudding cool slightly. Then serve it warm with whipped cream, homemade vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, etc.

Store/Freeze

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months. Reheat gently in the microwave or oven to restore the fresh-from-the-oven taste!

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